Former energy minister Samuel Sarr has been detained by Dakar gendarmerie, following allegations by shareholders of embezzlement at his West African Energy power project. The shock development raises further questions about energy deals made during the 2012-24 Macky Sall administration, writes Waly Dione Faye.
Issue 518 - 12 December 2024
The ruling ‘Duo Diomaye/Sonko’ seems to hold all the cards needed to at least try to implement their ambitious Project Senegal 2050 agenda, after their Pastef party won some 130 of the 165 National Assembly seats in Senegal’s much-anticipated mid-November legislative election, writes Waly Dione Faye.
Issue 517 - 01 December 2024
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